The mass escape of Jews from Nazi-occupied Denmark

Seventy years ago this
month, an extraordinary mass escape happened from Nazi-occupied Denmark.
Tipped off about German plans to deport them to concentration camps,
almost the entire Jewish population - several thousand people - fled
their homes and left the country.

As he stepped onto the fishing boat that was meant to carry
them across the Baltic sea to safety, 14-year-old Bent Melchior feared
he might never see his home again.

A week earlier, he had left the home in Copenhagen he shared
with his parents and four siblings. It was 8 October 1943 and Denmark
was under Nazi occupation. Along with thousands of other Danish Jews,
Bent and his family were fleeing the Germans....